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Standing in Solidarity and Getting Support to Women & Girls in Afghanistan

August 19, 2021 Action

If you wish to show #SolidaritywithAfghanWomen and to #StandwithAfghanWomen, consider getting direct support to them as well as signing on to various advocacy efforts pushing to ensure a swift passage to safety for them....

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Channel Partners Collaborate to Redefine the Risk Approach

January 25, 2021 Reports

In January 2021, Protection International published “Redefining the Risk Approach” in collaboration with Channel partners Women Link Worldwide, Front Line Defenders, and the Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders Initiative (known as IM-Defensoras)....

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Cover of August 2020 Cypher Zine, depicting two hands against a brown background

Front Line Defenders Launches Monthly Digital Comic ‘Zine

August 20, 2020 Launches

In July 2020, Channel grantee partner Front Line Defenders (FLD) launched Cypher (@cypher_comics on Instagram), a digital comics magazine that advances the organization’s storytelling and narrative framing work in collaboration with and in support of human rights defenders (HRDs)....

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GFW Fundamental Documentary Series Available for Streaming

April 18, 2020 Launches

Channel’s longest term grantee partner, Global Fund for Women (GFW) and two-time academy award-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy partnered to create Fundamental–-a documentary film series about feminist grassroots movements and community leaders across the world....

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Mary Lawlor Appointed UN Special Rapporteur on HRDs

April 10, 2020 Victories

On March 12th, 2020, Mary Lawlor, the founder of long-time Channel grantee partner Front Line Defenders (FLD), was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders....

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Our Rights, Our Safety Toolkit for Defenders Launched

March 10, 2020 Launches

Channel grantee Just Associates (JASS) launched a new 5-module toolkit for women activists and defenders everywhere: Our Rights, Our Safety: Resources for Women Human Rights Defenders. ...

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WLW’s Historic Win In Colombia

December 27, 2019 Victories

In a groundbreaking case, Channel grantee partner, Women’s Link Worldwide (WLW), successfully advocated on behalf of their client Helena* in Colombia. During the armed conflict in Colombia, the FARC guerrilla group recruited 14-year-old Helena and forced her to use contraceptives and have an abortion in inhumane conditions....

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ILO Convention on Ending GBV in World of Work Adopted

June 21, 2019 Victories

On June 21, 2019 in Geneva, the International Labor Organization (ILO) adopted a landmark international agreement banning gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace....

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First Ever Global Study on Mental Health and Well-Being of Advocates Released

June 19, 2019 Reports

Channel grantee partners FRIDA and AWID, as well as The Defensoras, are three of five case studies featured in From a “Culture of Unwellness” to Sustainable Advocacy: Organizational Responses to Mental Health Risks in the Human Rights Field....

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Online Collective Security Resource Created

June 22, 2018 Launches

In wake of worsening violence against human rights defenders, Channel grantee partners Just Associates (JASS) and the Fund for Global Human Rights (FGHR) collaborated to create a “Power and Protection” multimedia resource page that provides insights from dialogues with activists, NGOs and donors from around the world....

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